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/ 8 years agoNelson outraged by unfair RFU ‘attack on Lancashire’
By NEALE HARVEY Frustrated: Mark Nelson LANCASHIRE head coach Mark Nelson has accused the RFU of launching an attack on county...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWarriors make big statement in Paris
By TIM LEWIS WORCESTER made a blistering start to their European campaign with a bonus point win in Paris. A brace...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoNorth stars as debut boy Harri makes history books
By STEFFAN THOMAS Pool 2 ALLEN Clarke praised the performance of George North as the Wales wing crossed for his fifth...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGive Lane a run but continuity is key now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Test calibre: Cardiff Blues winger Owen Lane PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland names his Wales...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLimit numbers at the breakdown to reduce brutality
RHYS Webb insists rugby hasn’t gone soft and has proposed an innovative idea as a means of improving player welfare. Webb...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRhys is raring to light Toulon touch paper
ALEX BYWATER catches up with exiled Wales star Rhys Webb in the South of France Excited for Europe: Toulon No.9 Rhys...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoKennedy making a big mark at Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAKE Ball says new Scarlets recruit Ed Kennedy has all the ability to follow in his footsteps and...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCockerill rues the famous victory that got away
By PETER WILLIS EDINBURGHmissed a golden chance to cause a major Champions Cup upset in Montpellier after dominating their hosts. As...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPivac: I don’t blame Davies
WAYNE Pivac insisted his team’s slow start to the game – and not the late penalty try – cost the Scarlets...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGareth’s fatal error costs his Scarlets in late drama
By ALEX BYWATER Determined: Racing No. 8 Antonie Claassen can’t stop Scarlets’ scrum-half Gareth Davies going over PICTURES: Getty Images Opening...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMurphy: We were bullied up front
GEORDAN Murphy admitted his Tigers pack has come off second best at Kingspan Stadium. “We did a lot of things well...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStretts: No regrets, but now let’s win it
By ADAM HATHAWAY Second spell at Sarries: David Strettle PICTURE: Getty Images DAVID Strettle has been on the receiving end of...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoMoriarty deserves chance says Ryan
By PETER JACKSON ROSS Moriarty is being given expert backing in his bid to step into the shoes of Taulupe Faletau....
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoFreddie’s horror show
PICTURE: Getty Images Freddie Burns drops the ball over the line after blowing kisses in a display of showboating that cost...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: London Irish and former Wasps and Leinster centre Brendan Macken
This is some team...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCourt rejects appeal over sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps
A four-year legal battle lodged by the owners of Coventry City Football Club appears to be over
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDean Richards can’t wait for Newcastle’s return to big time after a wait of his own
The Falcons travel to Toulon for Sunday's opener
